2009 U.S. Open Prize Money

Cal on June 23rd, 2009

Deciding how to spread a cool US$7 million amongst the final days players at the 2009 U.S. Open can’t be an easy task I’m sure…

Anyway, the breakdown comes out as follows: (Australians in bold)

1 - Lucas Glover $1,350,000
T2 - Phil Mickelson $559,830
T2 - David Duval $559,830
T2 - Ricky Barnes $559,830
5 - Ross Fisher $289,146
T6 - Tiger Woods $233,350
T6 - Soren Hansen $233,350
T6 - Hunter Mahan $233,350
9 - Henrik Stenson $194,794
T10 - Rory McIlroy $154,600
T10 - Matt Bettencourt $154,600
T10 - Sergio Garcia $154,600
T10 - Ryan Moore $154,600
T10 - Stephen Ames $154,600
T10 - Mike Weir $154,600
T16 - Anthony Kim $122,128
T16 - Retief Goosen $122,128
T18 - Michael Sim $100,308
T18 - Peter Hanson $100,308
T18 - Ian Poulter $100,308
T18 - Graeme McDowell $100,308
T18 - Bubba Watson $100,308
T23 - Lee Westwood $76,422
T23 - Steve Stricker $76,422
T23 - Oliver Wilson $76,422
T23 - Sean O’Hair $76,422
T27 - J.B. Holmes $56,041
T27 - Azuma Yano $56,041
T27 - Johan Edfors $56,041
T27 - Francesco Molinari $56,041
T27 - Stewart Cink $56,041
T27 - Vijay Singh $56,041
T33 - Camilo Villegas $47,404
T33 - Jim Furyk $47,404
T33 - Kevin Sutherland $47,404
T36 - Nick Taylor (am)
T36 - Adam Scott $42,935
T36 - Carl Pettersson $42,935
T36 - Todd Hamilton $42,935
T40 - Drew Weaver (am)
T40 - Billy Mayfair $38,492
T40 - Dustin Johnson $38,492
T40 - Tim Clark $38,492
44 - Kenny Perry $35,536
T45 - John Mallinger $33,319
T45 - Thomas Levet $33,319
T47 - Gary Woodland $27,409
T47 - Geoff Ogilvy $27,409
T47 - Tom Lehman $27,409
T47 - K.J. Choi $27,409
T47 - Rocco Mediate $27,409
T47 - Andres Romero $27,409
53 - Kyle Stanley (am)
T54 - Andrew McLardy $22,501
T54 - Angel Cabrera $22,501
T54 - Jean-Francois Lucquin $22,501
57 - Ben Curtis $21,385
T58 - Trevor Murphy $20,630
T58 - Jeff Brehaut $20,630
60 - Fred Funk $19,921

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